AI regulation news for Aug 11–17, 2025
In the week of Aug 11–17, 2025, 5 AI laws were enacted (Illinois). 116 AI laws have been enacted in 2025 through this week.
Signed by a governor or the president, or otherwise made law, during the week.
HB1859
Illinois' Public Act 104-0201 (HB 1859) adds Section 3-29.28 to the Public Community College Act. Each community college board must require that the faculty member who teaches a course meet the qualifications in 23 Ill. Adm.
Enacted August 15, 2025 Effective January 1, 2026 AI in Education Official record
HB3178
Illinois' Public Act 104-0282 (HB 3178) narrows Section 10 of the Digital Voice and Likeness Protection Act, which makes unenforceable a services-contract provision letting a digital replica of a person's voice or likeness replace work they would have done in…
Enacted August 15, 2025 Effective January 1, 2026 AI Likeness, AI in Employment Official record
HB3851
Illinois' Public Act 104-0338 (HB 3851) amends the School Code's bullying prevention section (Section 27-23.7).
Enacted August 15, 2025 Effective July 1, 2026 AI Deepfakes, AI Likeness Official record
SB1507
Illinois' Public Act 104-0381 (SB 1507) adds subsection (v) to the Vehicle Code's automated speed enforcement section (625 ILCS 5/11-208.8).
Enacted August 15, 2025 Effective January 1, 2026 AI in Government, AI in Law Enforcement Official record
SB1920
Illinois' Public Act 104-0399 (SB 1920) amends the School Code.
Enacted August 15, 2025 Effective January 1, 2026 AI in Education, AI Deepfakes Official record
Laws whose effective date fell during the week.
No AI law took effect this week.
Laws set to take effect in the four weeks after this one, through September 14, 2025. See every new AI law for 2027.
HB4047
Michigan's Public Act 11 of 2025, the protection from intimate deep fakes act, covers deep fakes: realistic images, video or audio whose production depends substantially on technical means rather than impersonation.
Enacted August 26, 2025 Effective August 26, 2025 AI Intimate Images, AI Deepfakes Official record
HB4048
Michigan's Public Act 12 of 2025 amends the sentencing guidelines in the Code of Criminal Procedure (MCL 777.17b) to list MCL 752.388(3), the felony form of creating or disseminating an intimate deep fake under the protection from intimate deep fakes act, as…
Enacted August 26, 2025 Effective August 26, 2025 AI Intimate Images, AI Deepfakes Official record
SB649
Pennsylvania's Act 35 of 2025 adds 18 Pa.C.S. 4101.1, digital forgery.
Enacted July 7, 2025 Effective September 5, 2025 AI Deepfakes, AI Likeness Official record
HB 581
Texas's HB 581 extends the state's age verification law (Civil Practice and Remedies Code Chapter 129B) to AI-generated sexual material harmful to minors in which a real person is recognizable.
Enacted June 20, 2025 Effective September 1, 2025 AI Intimate Images, AI Deepfakes Official record
HB2818
Texas's HB 2818 requires the Department of Information Resources (DIR) to establish an artificial intelligence division.
Enacted June 20, 2025 Effective September 1, 2025 AI in Government Official record
HB3133
Texas's HB 3133 adds explicit deep fake material to the complaint system that large social media platforms (over 50 million monthly active U.S. users) must run under Business & Commerce Code Chapter 120.
Enacted June 20, 2025 Effective September 1, 2025 AI Deepfakes, AI Intimate Images Official record
HB3512
Texas's HB 3512 adds AI training to the state's annual cybersecurity training requirement.
Enacted June 20, 2025 Effective September 1, 2025 AI in Government Official record
SB 1188
Texas's SB 1188 is an electronic health record (EHR) law.
Enacted June 20, 2025 Effective September 1, 2025 AI Healthcare, AI Transparency Official record
SB 1621
Texas's SB 1621 rewrites Penal Code § 43.26. Offenses for sexual material depicting an actual child cover images of a recognizable real child altered with AI or other software.
Enacted June 20, 2025 Effective September 1, 2025 AI CSAM Official record
SB 20
Texas's SB 20 adds Penal Code § 43.235.
Enacted June 20, 2025 Effective September 1, 2025 AI CSAM Official record
SB 441
Texas's SB 441 widens the Penal Code § 21.165 crime from deep fake videos to any deep fake media made or altered with AI or other technological means.
Enacted June 20, 2025 Effective September 1, 2025 AI Deepfakes, AI Intimate Images Official record
SB1964
Texas's SB 1964 sets rules for AI used by state agencies and local governments.
Enacted June 20, 2025 Effective September 1, 2025 AI in Government, Automated Decision-Making Official record
SB2373
Texas SB 2373 (2025) targets deepfake scams. It defines artificially generated media as images, audio, video, text or other media created or modified with AI or other software with intent to deceive.
Enacted June 20, 2025 Effective September 1, 2025 AI Deepfakes, AI Liability Official record
SB2807
Texas rewrote its rules for self-driving vehicles.
Enacted June 20, 2025 Effective September 1, 2025 Autonomous Vehicles Official record
Weeks run Monday through Sunday, U.S. Eastern time. Enactment dates come from each law's official record; for a few laws not yet reviewed, the date is the last recorded action. Veto dates are the recorded action date. This page is rebuilt from our records, so a correction to any law shows up here too. Counts follow our methodology: published, AI-relevant bills, one per bill number, enacted when signed or otherwise made law. Data as of October 16, 2026. Free to cite and reuse with credit to AI Laws by State (CC BY 4.0 data). Spot an error? Tell us.